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Mark David Gerson

Organic Screenwriting

Synopsis

Finally! A book for screenwriters that focuses on creativity, not rules! Writing for film doesn’t have to feel like an engineered exercise in story-building. Rather, it can be a story-freeing adventure, one that retains all the magic, wonder and awe of movies and make-believe. Learn to craft engaging, compelling, entertaining stories for the screen...spontaneously and without struggle, whether you're a seasoned screenwriter or just starting out. Be the storyteller you are: Go Organic: Write Your Screenplay the Natural Way!

Author Biography

Award-winning author of more than a dozen books whose readers span the globe, Mark David Gerson electrifies groups and individuals around the world with his inspiring stories and motivational workshops, seminars, talks and retreats.

Mark David's books include critically acclaimed personal development and self-help titles, compelling memoirs and spellbinding fiction. In addition, Mark David’s books for writers are considered classics in the field and his screenplay adaptations of his Q’ntana fantasy novels are on their way to theaters as a trio of epic feature films.

As a personal growth coach and creativity catalyst and mentor, Mark David works with an international roster of clients to help them foster their intuition, connect with their inner wisdom, express their innate creativity and live more passion- and purpose-filled lives.

Having overcome his own personal and creative blocks and challenges, Mark David is uniquely qualified to motivate and inspire individuals in all walks of life and from all backgrounds to unleash the power of their potential.

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Author Insight

My Secret Screenwriting Confession

When I confess, during screenwriting workshops I’m facilitating, that I never outline, there are two opposing reactions from the group: a disapproving gasp from more conservative screenwriters and relieved sighs from the outline-challenged. I've always found myself in the second group. Even in school, I never outlined. Well, that's not entirely true: I wrote my essay first, then I crafted an outline to go with it. All these years later, I still find outlines suffocating and have outlined neither my books nor my screenplays. For me, trusting in the flow of the story as I write it always produces better, more imaginative work.

Book Excerpt

Organic Screenwriting

Myth #3: Without an Outline (and without Index Cards), I Will Never Write a Coherent Script

According to orthodox screenwriting dictates, you must never write a single word of your screenplay until you have prepared a comprehensive, scene-by-scene outline and filled out a stack of index cards to go with it. Launching into a screenplay without these necessary tools, this school of screenwriting insists, sets you up for certain failure. The Final Draft website goes even further, calling for an “insanely detailed” outline that “even describes what the dialogue will be in every scene.”

Reality #3

Outlines Are Overrated and Can Stifle the Free Flow of Your Creativity

Remember Myth #1? There can be no absolutes where creativity is concerned, and dogma of any kind forces your words and story into a straitjacket of preconceptions and expectations.